Now it's time to go to Sweeden for the Scandinavian Race Upsalla. All the Continental tours top sprinters are here, so expect a big finish, although I get the feeling that the breakaway is going to be a futile exercise. Anyway the big favourites are Ciolek, Cavendish and Napolitano, although counting out Goss, Van Heerden, Greipel or Hushovd is a dangerous thing to do.
The crowds are out in force to cheer the 6 man break: Gudsell, Sabatini, Cruz, Valinin, Gajek and Ascani
The break hit the line with 93km to go and the gap at 9 minutes, this isn't a high speed circuit so the peleton need to get their act together soon
Lego decide that the move needs to be pulled back
50km to go , and the breaks lead touches 4 minutes, some riders decide the time is ripe for an attack: Thomas, Oostagard, Bodrogi, De Gendt and Engoulvent
The attackers get a minute gap and the peleton are happy to let them dangle there for a while
23km to go and Unicredit make the catch, the break still has a 1'20" lead
Some teams definately are not interested in the sprint, as Albert attacking bringing, Roche, Rooijakkers, Selander and Scanlon with him
They don't get far
15km to go and only Cruz is still in front of the peleton, Terpstra puts in a cheeky dig
He goes into the lead, Verbist and Rooijakkers follow
10km to ride, Terpstra is being dropped, while the peleton is still within 50 seconds, although the winding roads makeit seem further
Terpstra rejoins the front group, 8km to go and the gap is 42 seconds
Soon enough it's all over
Mercedes are best placed, With Cavendish on Haedo's wheel followed by Chicci, Goss, Van Heerden and Hochmann, while Milka have 2 lead out men for Hushovd
5km to go and the attacks never cease, Ericsson now spurring on Vaitkus, Vanspeybrouck and Rooijakkers (again)
As the sprint starts the attackers have a small advantage, and Vaitkus is a strong sprinter, I doubt he can hang on though
Baumann pulls Haedo clear of the pack, although Vaitkus is still strong
800m to go and Haedo pulls out, Hushovd is pounding up the middle
Vaitkus is not going to be caught, although with both TDF commentator Smowz and UCI supremo SN predicting this result to perfection I can't really say it was a surprise
Haedo and Hushovd get second and third, excellent results for them as they push for promotion
4th onwards is pretty much a phot o finish, Cavendish sneaking past Vanspeybrouck on the line, followed by Borrajo, Baumann, Ciolek, Casper and Gavazzi.
Results:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Tomas Vaitkus
Team Telenor-SAS
4h52'40
2
Juan José Haedo
Mercedes-Benz
s.t.
3
Thor Hushovd
Milka
s.t.
4
Mark Cavendish
100% Me
s.t.
5
Pieter Vanspeybrouck
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
6
Alejandro Borrajo
UniCredit
s.t.
7
Eric Baumann
Mercedes-Benz
s.t.
8
Gerald Ciolek
Team LEGO
s.t.
9
Jimmy Casper
Milka
s.t.
10
Francesco Gavazzi
UniCredit
s.t.
11
Francesco Chicchi
Team Falcon-Husqvarna
s.t.
12
Kenny Van Hummel
Team Falcon-Husqvarna
s.t.
13
Fredrik Ericsson
Team Pokerstars.com
s.t.
14
Matthew Goss
Bacardi - Colt
s.t.
15
Krzysztof Szczawinski
Milka
s.t.
16
Danilo Napolitano
UniCredit
s.t.
17
Michael Vanderaerden
Milka
s.t.
18
Christoff Van Heerden
Team Falcon-Husqvarna
s.t.
19
Evert Verbist
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
20
Niki Terpstra
Team Pokerstars.com
s.t.
21
Juan Van Heerden
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
22
Oscar Gatto
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
23
Samuel Dumoulin
Team Pokerstars.com
s.t.
24
Piet Rooijakkers
Team LEGO
s.t.
25
Aidis Kruopis
Bacardi - Colt
s.t.
26
Will Frischkorn
Mercedes-Benz
s.t.
27
Cherif Abdallah
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
28
Aleksei Markov
Tinkoff Credit Systems - Rosneft
s.t.
29
Jean-Patrick Nazon
Bacardi - Colt
s.t.
30
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
31
Martijn Maaskant
Team Pokerstars.com
s.t.
32
Enrico Gasparotto
UniCredit
s.t.
33
Ivan Stevic
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
34
Mattias Westling
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
35
Mark McNally
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
36
Sebastian Siedler
Team Telenor-SAS
s.t.
37
Boy Van Poppel
UniCredit
s.t.
38
Evgeni Sokolov
Bacardi - Colt
s.t.
39
Jimmi Sørensen
Team Falcon-Husqvarna
s.t.
40
Tobias Larsson
Team Falcon-Husqvarna
s.t.
41
Mattia Gavazzi
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
42
Aleksandr Kuchinski
Bacardi - Colt
s.t.
43
Jíri Hochmann
Team LEGO
s.t.
44
Crescenzo D'Amore
Quiksilver-Kraft
s.t.
45
Anthony Geslin
Team Pokerstars.com
s.t.
46
Jetse Bol
Mercedes-Benz
s.t.
47
Steven Cozza
Mercedes-Benz
s.t.
48
Bram Tankink
Bbox - Bouygoues Télécom
s.t.
49
Jurgen Van Loocke
Team Pokerstars.com
s.t.
50
Sergei Klimov
Tinkoff Credit Systems - Rosneft
s.t.
51
Jimmy Engoulvent
Team Pokerstars.com
s.t.
52
Aleksandr Khatuntsev
Tinkoff Credit Systems - Rosneft
s.t.
53
André Greipel
Bbox - Bouygoues Télécom
s.t.
54
Nico Sijmens
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
55
Yuan Wei
Bbox - Bouygoues Télécom
s.t.
56
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
57
Luca Ascani
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
58
Daniel Martin
100% Me
s.t.
59
Thomas De Gendt
Milka
s.t.
60
Leigh Howard
Milka
s.t.
61
Andreas Stauff
Team LEGO
s.t.
62
Jérome Giaux
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
63
Remco Te Brake
Team Telenor-SAS
s.t.
64
José Ivan Gutiérrez Palacios
Quiksilver-Kraft
s.t.
65
Geoffroy Lequatre
Team LEGO
s.t.
66
Jaroslaw Marycz
Tinkoff Credit Systems - Rosneft
s.t.
67
Tom Thill
Bacardi - Colt
s.t.
68
Ruslan Sambris
Quiksilver-Kraft
s.t.
69
Bjorn Selander
Quiksilver-Kraft
s.t.
70
Yon Bru Pascal
Quiksilver-Kraft
s.t.
71
Christopher Stevenson
Team Falcon-Husqvarna
s.t.
72
Giacomo Nizzolo
Quiksilver-Kraft
s.t.
73
Niels Albert
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
74
Jonas Ljungblad
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
75
Niki Østergaard
Team Telenor-SAS
s.t.
76
Graeme Brown
Team Telenor-SAS
s.t.
77
David Veilleux
Bbox - Bouygoues Télécom
s.t.
78
Ben Jacques-Maynes
Mercedes-Benz
s.t.
79
Nicolas Roche
100% Me
s.t.
80
Ole Haavardsholm
Team Telenor-SAS
s.t.
81
Kurt-Asle Arvesen
Bbox - Bouygoues Télécom
s.t.
82
Dale Appleby
100% Me
s.t.
83
Sebastian Batchelor
THE CONTROLTEAM
s.t.
84
Geraint Thomas
100% Me
s.t.
85
Valeri Valinin
Tinkoff Credit Systems - Rosneft
s.t.
86
Adrien Niyonshuti
THE CONTROLTEAM
s.t.
87
Stefan Radochla
Team LEGO
+ 1'58
88
Fabio Sabatini
Team Telenor-SAS
s.t.
89
Sam Bennett
100% Me
s.t.
90
Artur Gajek
Bacardi - Colt
s.t.
91
Freddy Cruz
Quiksilver-Kraft
s.t.
92
Juliano Polito
Bbox - Bouygoues Télécom
s.t.
93
Justo Mayo
Bbox - Bouygoues Télécom
s.t.
94
Timothy Gudsell
Team Falcon-Husqvarna
s.t.
95
Vincent Bastaens
Vespa-Caffrey's
+ 2'33
96
Daniel Teklehaimanot
UniCredit
+ 3'10
97
Nikita Novikov
Tinkoff Credit Systems - Rosneft
s.t.
98
László Bodrogi
UniCredit
s.t.
99
Juan Pablo Forero
Milka
+ 3'47
100
Benoît Sinner
Mercedes-Benz
s.t.
101
Mark Scanlon
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
102
Danilo Kupfernagel
Team IKEA - Bianchi
+ 4'54
103
Esteban Mardones
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
104
René Weissinger
Team LEGO
+ 5'32
105
Saydou Sow
THE CONTROLTEAM
s.t.
106
Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
THE CONTROLTEAM
s.t.
107
Chris Froome
100% Me
+ 6'28
108
Egon Luzi
Vespa-Caffrey's
+ 6'52
109
Yauhen Sobal
Tinkoff Credit Systems - Rosneft
+ 7'40
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